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I must confess. My guilty television viewing habits of the past have frequently included The Mentalist, a formulaic yet witty dramatic detective series with a subtle but prevalent comedic underbelly. The series features a rebellious but brilliant mind gone rogue to fulfill his own mission — rules be damned — like House M.D., but with murder investigations instead of medical mysteries. But, let me get back on track…

A while back, I had a chance to see a Fantastic Fest screening. Ultimately, my schedule demanded I sacrifice seeing this film in favor of another. For some time, I kicked myself. Besties is written by Rebecca Perry Cutter, who also happens to be a writer on The Mentalist. This also marks the feature film debut for Cutter as a director. This intrigued me, however I managed to learn a valuable lesson as well. It’s a lesson I’ve learned, and likewise forgotten...

Writer/director Rebecca Cutter’s (The Mentalist) Besties, which premiered at Fantastic Fest, will be available from conglomerate of video-on-demand distributors on January 21.

Hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, Sandy arranges to be left at home under Ashley’s supervision while her father goes out of town. Little does Sandy know that an unexpected visitor from Ashley’s past will leave the awkward freshman and her idol tangled up in a manipulative … Continue reading →

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“Besties,” an indie film created by writer/director Rebecca Cutter (“The Mentalist”), will soon be available on Video On Demand Jan. 21. The film, which premiered at Fantastic Fest, stars Olivia Crocicchia, Madison Riley, Bobby Soto, Chris Backus, and Corin Nemec (“The Stand”), will be available to be downloaded from all the major venues, such as Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Samsung, Comcast, Cox, Dish Network and many others. “Besties” is a film about a high schooler who becomes entangled in a dangerous relationship: “Hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, Sandy arranges to be left at home under Ashley’s supervision while her father goes out of [ Read More ]

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Besties is coming to VOD January 21 from Phase 4 Films, and right now we have nearly a dozen new stills for you guys to befriend. You know you want to. Everyone needs somebody, right? Especially a psychopath.

Written/directed by Rebecca Cutter, Besties features standout turns from Madison Riley (Grown Ups) and Olivia Crocicchia (Katy Gavin from TVs "Rescue Me"), with '90s icon Corin Nemec ("The Stand") co-starring.

Synopsis:

Besties tells the story of two high school girls -- Sandy, a high school freshman and self-described loser, and Ashley, a sexy senior and Sandy's former babysitter. Sandy, hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, arranges to be left at home under Ashley's supervision while her father goes out of town. Little does Sandy know that an unexpected visitor from Ashley's past will leave the awkward freshman and her idol tangled up in a manipulative and deadly friendship.

Word has just come that a spine-chilling thriller in the tradition of Single White Female (didn't know she had a tradition), Besties, is coming to VOD January 21 from Phase 4 Films. Read on for details.

Written/directed by Rebecca Cutter, Besties features standout turns from Madison Riley (Grown Ups) and Olivia Crocicchia (Katy Gavin from TVs "Rescue Me"), with '90s icon Corin Nemec ("The Stand") co-starring.

Synopsis:

Besties tells the story of two high school girls -- Sandy, a high school freshman and self-described loser, and Ashley, a sexy senior and Sandy's former babysitter. Sandy, hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, arranges to be left at home under Ashley's supervision while her father goes out of town. Little does Sandy know that an unexpected visitor from Ashley's past will leave the awkward freshman and her idol tangled up in a manipulative and deadly friendship.

Dragon Wasps is the newest in creature feature fun, and is coming on DVD this March 7th. Directed by Joe Knee (Cult, Immortal Island), the film stars Corin Nemec (Supernatural, Besties, Ghost Whisperer), Dominika Juillet, Benjamin Easterday, and Nikolette Noel.

When her father mysteriously disappears on an expedition, beautiful entomologist Gina Humphries and her fiery assistant, Rhonda, set out to search the rain forests of Belize. Due to numerous robberies and assaults in the jungle, they are escorted by heavily-armed soldiers. Guerillas, lead by the infamous Jaguar, ambush the convoy and incite a bloody shootout. Just when things can’t get worse, a horde of murderous Dragon Wasps, massive flying bugs that shoot flame from their abdomens, swarms the soldiers. Now the military must defeat Jaguar’s bandits and survive the fearsome insect onslaught as they venture inside the Dragon Wasps’ hive.

 

If Fantastic Fest screens a movie made by women with females in the lead, I'll be there. (Okay, unless it screens at midnight or is excessively violent/gory. They don't call me the Film Festival Wuss for nothing.) So Besties was on my radar from the start, and it did not disappoint.

Sandy (Olivia Crocicchia) is a lumpish 14-year-old girl, teased mercilessly by classmates, who idolizes the girl next door -- her former babysitter Ashley (Madison Riley), a senior, blonde and perfect. When Sandy's dad goes out of town for the weekend, she asks if Ashley can "babysit" so she can hang out with the most popular girl in school. Ashley agrees, because what girl wouldn't want access to an empty house for the weekend? She parties, she ignores Sandy ... and then Ashley's ex-con ex-boyfriend Justin turns up, bad news personified. Ashley overreacts, and next thing we know, the girls...

We at FM always keep an eye out for smaller upcoming horror fare, and The Besties, a thriller from Rebecca Perry Cutter (The Mentalist), fits the bill. We’ve got some fresh stills and clips (one edited, one unedited) for this film that depicts a character study of hero worship gone bad. We’ll be covering this more in the coming days, but for now I’ll leave you to the PR:

Besties tells the story of two high school girls – Sandy (Olivia Croicchia), a high school freshman and self-described loser and Ashley, a sexy senior and Sandy’s former babysitter. Sandy, hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, arranges to be left at home under Ashley’s supervision while her father (Corin Nemec) goes out of town. Little did Sandy know that an unexpected visitor from Ashley’s past will leave the awkward freshman...

A few years back, I attended an anniversary screening for Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad, with the cast and filmmaker in attendance for a post-film Q&A. A young girl in attendance asked Dekker whether he felt any reservations upon re-viewing it twenty years later, in having one of his young characters call another a faggot. It was an honest question that deserved an honest question in response. Dekker: “Ma’am, may I ask what your name is?” Attendee: “It’s ______” Dekker: “Okay,_______, if you don’t mind me asking, have you ever been a twelve year old boy?” I feel like any negative comments I might have towards Rebecca Perry Cutter‘s Besties would result in someone saying the same thing to me, just reversing the gender. I am not much of a fan of Besties, but I also was never a timid 14-year-old girl struggling to break out of her shell. I...

While Rebecca Cutter's indie thriller Besties may occupy a somewhat different niche than most films selected for Austin's Fantastic Fest it does, nonetheless, look like a compelling bit of work. Written and directed by Rebecca Cutter, who is currently a writer on CBS show The Mentalist, Besties captures a case of hero worship gone bad.Besties tells the story of two high school girls -- Sandy (Olivia Croicchia), a high school freshman and self-described loser and Ashley, a sexy senior and Sandy's former babysitter. Sandy, hoping to forge a friendship with the most popular girl in school, arranges to be left at home under Ashley's supervision while her father (Corin Nemec) goes out of town. Little did Sandy know that an unexpected visitor from Ashley's past...

We all have our special friends that we would do anything in the world for. No matter how sick, depraved, gross, vile, wicked, disingenuous, loathsome, evil, despicable, horrid, malevolent... oh, you get the idea! Read on!

From the Press Release

Director Rebecca Perry Cutter’s debut suspense thriller Besties will have its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest 2012 on Saturday, September 22nd, at 12:15 pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, TX, and again on Monday, September 24th, at 3:00 pm. The film stars Madison Riley (Grown Ups, Fired Up), Olivia Crocicchia (Rescue Me, Terri), Corin Nemac (Parker Lewis Can’T Lose, Stargate-SG1), and Christopher Backus (Elevator, Yellow Rock) and was produced by Linda L. Miller (Sweet Talk, Alyce), associate producer Tiffany Grant, and executive producer Katherine Hoagland. Feliks Parnell (Weeds, CSI:ny, The Event) served as Director of Photography.

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Austin, TX-Wednesday, September 12, 2012- Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

American Mary (2011)

Us Premiere

Directors – Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins

Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.

Antiviral (2012)

Us Premiere

Director – Brandon Cronenberg, 110 mins

Syd March makes people sick, infecting them with viruses harvested to order from celebrities, but gets more than he bargained for when his most famous source dies from a virus Syd has just infected himself with.

Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

Us Premiere

Director – Peter Strickland, 92 mins

Strange things occur after a British audio technician is summoned to Italy to work on a gory giallo film.

Besties (2012)

World Premiere

Director – Rebecca Perry Cutter,...

Wow! I literally just jumped up for joy hearing this final wave. I think that this might be my favorite selection of films since I have been attending. Films like American Mary, Antiviral, Berberian Sound Studio, the remake of Who Can Kill A Child? – Come Out and Play and the World Premiere of the sequel to The Collector! These films plus a few others just caps off what I’m sure will be my favorite Fantastic Fest yet!

Also, for those keeping score, Michael picked 7 movies that are definitely showing while I picked 6. However, this could change once the secret screenings show. Again, Fantastic Fest starts next Thursday and we plan to have reviews, interviews and possibly video & audio blogs. Anyway, here’s the announcement:

From the Press Release:

Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection.

If the films announced so far weren't enough to get you to travel to Austin later this month, this last wave of programming should have you packing your bags immediately! Read on for details.

From the Press Release:

Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection. Fantastic Fest (official site here) will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

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American Mary (2011)

Us Premiere

Directors - Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins

Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.

Antiviral (2012)

Us Premiere

Director - Brandon Cronenberg,...